WELL · 42-461-34167 · DISTRICT 7
Cox 23 #2
Upton County · Blue Danube (Strawn) field · Horizontal
Cox 23 #2 (API 42-461-34167) is a plugged horizontal well in Upton County, plugged January 4, 2010, last operated by Chevron Midcontinent L.P..
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended once) between 2001 and 2002, permitted to 15,500 ft.
It was permitted by Pure Resources, L.P. and has since transferred to Chevron Midcontinent L.P. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Wolfcamp, Strawn, Devonian.
Its 2 leases have reported 1.26K barrels of oil and 36.5K mcf of gas since October 2001, last reporting in January 2010. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Pure Resources, L.P.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Feb 26, 2026
- Permits on file
- 173
- Phone
- (866) 212-1212
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Chevron Midcontinent L.P. |
| Production reports | Pure Resources, L.P.through May 2004 |
| Latest permit | Pure Resources, L.P.May 9, 2002 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 15,500
- total depth, ft
- 3
- permits on file
- May 9, 2002
- last permit issued
- Apr 12, 2009
- completed
- 1.26K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 36.5K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Oct 2001 THROUGH Jan 2010
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 12, 2009
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jan 4, 2010
Surface location
No coordinates on the permit record yet. The RRC's GIS record usually lands within days of issuance; historical master-file permits never carry one.
Lease production
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026
Texas reports oil by lease, not by well. These are the 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cox 23 G-9-189159 | Bloxom (Devonian) | Chevron Midcontinent, L.P. | 1 | 0 | 33.3K | Oct 2001 – Jan 2010 |
| Cox 23 O-9-15273 | Blue Danube (Strawn) | Chevron Midcontinent, L.P. | 1 | 1.26K | 3.2K | May 2002 – Jan 2010 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Pure Resources, L.P.Oct 2001 → May 2004
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 520249-99 | Recompletion | Pure Resources, L.P. | May 9, 2002 | May 9, 2002 | May 2, 2002 | 15,500 |
| 507761-98 | Drill | Pure Resources, L.P. | Aug 29, 2001 | Apr 13, 2001 | — | 15,500 |
| 507761-99 | Drill | Pure Resources, L.P. | Apr 13, 2001 | Apr 13, 2001 | Aug 25, 2001 | 15,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-9-189159 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-9-15273 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,664 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,694 | 9,784 | Perforated |
| 10,809 | 14,625 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 487 | 17.5 | 410 S |
| 9.625 | 3,937 | 12.25 | 1,350 S |
| 7 | 10,890 | 8.75 | 1,600 S |
Completion filings
W-2 and G-1 reports on record in the RRC wellbore file, newest first. The suffix identifies the wellbore or completion event. About these reports →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Sep 28, 2009 | Jun 12, 2009 | — |
| 00 | Oct 2, 2002 | May 13, 2002 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 28, 2002 | — | — |
| 00 | Aug 14, 2002 | May 13, 2002 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 9, 2002 | — | — |
The source documents
Petrora holds the structured record. The scanned filings live at the RRC; these links open its search already filled in for this API.
- Wellbore filings for 42-461-34167 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-461-34167 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. then paste it into their search.
About this data
Permits from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wellbore and operator of record from the EWA schedule, weekly; completions, formation tops, casing, and perforations from the dbf900 wellbore file; production from PDQ lease reports, which lag two to three months; injection from UIC permits, H-10 reports, and TexNet daily volumes; earthquakes from the TexNet catalog.
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